Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. The county town is Stafford. The National Forest lies within Staffordshire's borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Shropshire.
Major conurbations in Staffordshire include Stoke-on-Trent, Burton-upon-Trent, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Tamworth and Stafford itself.
Staffordshire is divided into a number of districts. These are Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Tamworth. Stoke-on-Trent is administered as a separate unitary authority.
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Staffordshire extends north from the Birmingham metropolitan area. The administrative, geographic, and historic counties occupy somewhat different areas. The administrative county comprises eight districts: Cannock Chase, Lichfield, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands, and the boroughs of East Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, and Tamworth. The geographic county includes the entire administrative county and the unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent. The historic county encompasses all of the geographic county except three small areas. In the East Staffordshire borough an area east of the River Dove at Rocester and the part of Burton upon Trent east of the River Trent both belong to the historic county of Derbyshire, and in the Tamworth borough the area east of the River Tame and south of the River Anker belongs to the historic county of Warwickshire. However, the historic county of Staffordshire extends beyond the geographic county to encompass much of the metropolitan county of West Midlands, including the metropolitan boroughs of Wolverhampton and Walsall and parts of the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, and Birmingham.
From north to south the county can be divided into five physical regions. The northern moorlands, composed of grit and limestone, form the southern tip of the Pennines, the upland “spine” of northern England. Immediately to their south lie coalfields that comprise sandstones, clays, and shales interspersed with coal seams. This is the northern Staffordshire coalfield region, better known as the Potteries. The central agricultural belt, including the town of Stafford, is an area of sandstones and marls. Southeast of this undulating countryside, pebble strata underly the barren heathland known as Cannock Chase.
Saffordshire Attractions and Activities include:
Alton Towers
Manor Park and Zoo
Wedgewood Story
Hednesford Hills Raceway
Lichfield Cathedral
Shugborough Hall
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